Soap-holder



M. RUBIN AND W. LEVINE.

SOAP HOLDER.

ABPLICATION mu) OCT. 11.1919. I

13329-991 Patented Jan; 22, 1920.

INVENTOR I ffzorris M BY [8 1 ETORNEY MORRIS RUBIN AND WILLIAM LEVINE,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOAP-HOLDER.

Application filed October 17, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MORRIS RUBIN and WILLIAM LEVINE, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of the city of New York, county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Soap-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding a cake of soap, thusdoing away with the necessity for holding the soap in the hand whileapplying the same to an article to be cleaned, and the object of thisinvention is to provide a device of this character which will beconvenient to use, simple in construction, and readily manufactured.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich will hold soap properly at all times in such a manner that thesoap can be used in many ways without removing the same from the holder.

with these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, inview, we have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafterset forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claims appendedhereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a parthereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section, of a soapholder made in accordance with our invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in thedirections of the arrows, and

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the soap holder.

Throughout the various views of the drawing, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

Our improved soap holder may be made of any particular or desirablematerial, preferably of a thin metal. In the preferred embodiment of ourinvention, as shown in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates the bodyportion or base plate of the device. At its opposite side edges theplate 1 is provided with tubular guides 2. These guides 2 are formed byrolling inwardly toward one another the edges of the plate 1. On anotherof its edges the plate 1 is provided with a fixed or stationary jaw 8,which is formed by bending downwardly the material at that edge of theplate 1, or if desired, this jaw 3 may be in the form of anSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 331,351.

additional piece of material, attached to the plate 1 in any desiredmanner.

This jaw 8 is provided with an inwardly extending lip 24, which isadapted to project or enter into the side of a cake of soap 5, and incooperation with another jaw hold the soap between them.

The other jaw is shown at 6, and. is provided with a lip 7, whichextends into or enters the side of the cake of soap 5, as shown in Fig.2. This jaw 6 is movable or slidable to and from the fixed jaw 3, sothat the jaws 3 and 6 may thus be separated to permit the cake of soap 5to be inserted between them, and this arrangement furthermore permitsvarying sizes and shapes of soap to be firmly held between the jaws.

The jaw 6 is integrally formed on a plate 7, which rests on and ismovable on top of the plate 1. This plate 7* has'its side edges curledor rolled up to provide guide members 8, which enter into and slidewithin the tubular guides on the plate 1. In order to permit the guidemembers 8 to slide within the tubular guides 2, these guides 2 areslotted as at 9 near their ends adjacent the plate 7 so that the plate 7can move in these slots.

Contained within the guides 2 are springs 10, and one end of each ofthese sarings is attached to the guide members 8, while the other end ofeach spring is secured to its guide 2. Thus the tension of these springsdraws the movable jaw 6 toward the fixed jaw 3, and the cake of soap 5is thus held between these jaws, with the lips 4t and 7 on the jawsentering into the soap and firmly holding the same.

The plate 1 is provided with a tubular socket 11, for the reception ofthe handle 12. The socket 11 is provided at its end with a plate 13,which is attached to the plate 1 by rivets 14, or other desiredfastening means.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that We have provided a convenientsoap holding device, or soaping implement. The holder with the soapattached may be readily held in a Wash tub, so that soap can be appliedto the wash, or for scrubbing floors or the like, the device isextremely useful where the soap is wet and slippery, and apt to slipfrom the hands while being applied.

From the foregoing it is obvious that our invention is not to berestricted to the exact embodiment shown, but is broad enough to coverall structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a plate having two of itsedges rolled up to form guides, a jaw having guide members movablewithin said guides, springs within said guides with each of said springshaving one of its ends connected to the guides, and its opposite endconnected to the guide member, and a fixed abutment on the plate towardwhich the jaw is adapted to be drawn.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a plate having a pair ofjaws adapted to clamp a cake of soap between them, one of said jawsbeing fixed to said plate, the other jaw being. movable on said plate, apair of guides on the plate, guide members on the movable aw, slidablewithin said guides, and springs within the guides connecting said guidesand guide members.

3. A device or the class described, comprising a fiat plate having apair of jaws adapted to clamp a cake of soap between them, one of saidjaws being formed integral with said plate, the other jaw being movableon said plate, two opposite edges of said plate being rolled up to forma pair of tubular guides, two or" the edges of the movable jaws beingrolled up to form guide members, said guide members being slidablewithin said guides, and springs within the guides connecting said guidesand guide members.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 14th day ofOctober, 1919.

MORRIS RUBIN. WVILLIAM LEVINE.

